William Ferguson Miller
Be the first in the stands
Scotland1 appearance in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
William Ferguson Miller MBE is a Scottish former professional football player and manager, who made a club record 560 league appearances for Aberdeen. Sir Alex Ferguson described Miller as "the best penalty box defender in the world". — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
1 appearance in recorded line-ups · 1982The archive holds 1 team sheet naming William Ferguson Miller in Scotland's starting line-up, on 1982-03-23.
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (4 goals, 1876–2000) — Ferguson · Scotland
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (4 goals, 2005–2011) — Miller · Scotland
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (0 goals, 1876–1947) — William Miller · Scotland
Honours
19 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours19 | ||||
| European Cup Winners' Cup | ×1 | 1982–83 | Aberdeen | |
| Scottish Cup | ×6 | 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1992–93 | Aberdeen | |
| Scottish League Cup | ×4 | 1976–77, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1992–93 | Aberdeen | |
| Scottish Premier Division | ×3 | 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85 | Aberdeen | |
| Aberdeenshire Cup | ×2 | 1971–72, 1992–93 | Peterhead | |
| Drybrough Cup | ×1 | 1980 | Aberdeen | |
| European Super Cup | ×1 | 1983 | Aberdeen | |
| The Rous Cup | ×1 | 1985 | Scotland | |
| Individual honours5 | ||||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year | 1984 | |||
| SFWA Footballer of the Year | 1984 | |||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| Scotland national football team roll of honour | 1986 | |||
| Scottish Football Hall of Fame | 2004 | |||
| Scottish Football Personality of the Year | 1984 | |||
| Orders & distinctions1 | ||||
| Member of the Order of the British Empire | ||||